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To: usmcobra
Can the Supreme Court overturn treaties ratified by the Congress and signed by the president?

Not to my knowledge. Once a treaty becomes ratified by the Senate, it has the power of the Constitution behind it as if it is apart of it until we withdrawal from the said treaty.

492 posted on 02/13/2010 7:42:37 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: usmcobra; Red Steel

What if the treaty violates the Constitution?
Only then could the treaty be overturned.

Alexander Hamilton : “A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country or which infringes any express exceptions to the power of the Constitution of the United States.”


493 posted on 02/13/2010 7:49:28 PM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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